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Intertextuality

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Routledge, Jan 4, 2002 - 238 pages

No text has its meaning alone; all texts have their meaning in relation to other texts. Since Julia Kristeva coined the term in the 1960s, intertextuality has been a dominant idea within literary and cultural studies leaving none of the traditional ideas about reading or writing undisturbed.

Graham Allen's Intertextuality outlines clearly the history and the use of the term in contemporary theory, demonstrating how it has been employed in:

  • structuralism
  • post-structuralism
  • deconstruction
  • postcolonialism
  • Marxism
  • feminism
  • psychoanalytic theory.

Incorporating a wealth of illuminating examples from literary and cultural texts, this book offers an invaluable introduction to intertextuality for any students of literature and culture.

  

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In Intertextuality, Graham Allen traces the history of the term intertextuality and explains how it is used in various theoretical contexts. The book is divided into five chapters: Origins: Saussure ...

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If you are new to theory, this book will give you a good foundation. The definitions in the back were very helpful. The only warning: the first chapter was condensed and takes cocentration and time ... Read full review

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Contents

Saussure Bakhtin Kristeva
8
Barthes
61
Genette and Riffaterre
95
Bloom feminism postcolonialism
133
Postmodern conclusions
174
Conclusion
209
BIBLIOGRAPHY
222
INDEX
233
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Graham Allen is Associate Professor in Modern English at University College Cork. His is author of Mary Shelley: Critical Issues (Palgrave, 2008), Shelley’s Frankenstein: A Reader’s Guide (Continuum, 2008) and (with Roy Sellars) editor of The Salt Companion to Harold Bloom (SALT, 2007).

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